Vietnam welcomes leaders to WEF-ASEAN

A record number of leaders will attend the World Economic Forum (WEF) on ASEAN which is expected to be held in Hanoi on September 11th-13th under the theme “ASEAN 4.0: Entrepreneurship and the Fourth Industrial Revolution”, the WEF announcement has reported.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc attends 2017 WEF on ASEAN.

According
to the announcement, there will be 8 ASEAN member countries sending
their heads to the event, including the Philippines President Rodrigo
Duterte, Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohammad, Myanmar leader Aung
San Suu Kyi, Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Cambodian
Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hunsen. The leaders and other ASEAN
officials will be welcomed by host Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

Head
of Regional Agenda - Asia Pacific, Member of the WEF Executive
Committee Justin Wood, stressed that ASEAN is currently one of the
highlights of the global economic forum; and that the presence of
regional high ranking leaders show countries’ commitments on maintaining
that while expanding the fourth industrial revolution.

Attending
the event, over 800 leaders from entreprises, Governments, civil
societies and communication circles will discuss a wide range of current
international issues, from geopolitical conflicts to entreprise
administration, and use of labour in the context of the fourth
industrial revolution.

Meanwhile, the leaders will talk about
specific issues, including new balance of power in Asia, the future of
jobs in ASEAN, the economic prospects in Asia, the promotion of the
ASEAN Economic Community, and technological issues in the digital
economy.